The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1887-07-16
NO. 20.

we tall into more pcrtufDed tnan
Aegean waters. The thing,
then, IA by hard word, to be able
Bournaparte said To his troops in
Egypt on the eve Of a great
battlc:--'Forty ages look down
upon you from the heights of
yonder pyramids" Centuries Of
accumulated knowledge look down
upon US from the heights Of
science; this should norye and
SPUR us on 60 victory Using the
! weapons that have been forged
| for us, we Of the ministry should
be the vanguard in the intel
lectual battle.
What | have SAID in most Of my
address applies equally to the
I gentler as TO tho stcrner sex.
This, nm truly thankful to say,
lis I'M age which advocates tha
higher education of women.
The door Of many a profession
hitherto closed to them IS now
thrown open, aud ii is no uncom-
mon thing for a dcgreed madam
or mademoiseIlo TO win success
| therein, But should you seek
| The quctcr, happier homc-walk,
still Il way is open. From more
! thar one rural home angel strains
Of classic hayc been given to the
world. In many q cottage studio
amid pastoral scenes, have pencil
strokes Of genius warmed the
canva inta life. Women, living
far from the madding crowd, and
for aught | know, surrounded
with domestic cares, have taught
tho world in botany, geology and
natural history.
Have educated thought with
their treatises of meyality and
ethics. Have soothed or stirred
their fellows with the magic Of
rhythmic numbers.
: SO much has been donc-so
much and more may yet be done
by women. Why, | ask, why
may not you Of K--CoIlcge be
the ones TO repeat tho deed2-
, Yen, not repeat il, but lead to
still higher plains.
; One word more, to all OF you
Cultivate then, cultivate lab0-
riousIy. independence Of mind
T, Let il be the anchor which shall
hold you to one purposc--the
: burning Icnse which shall converge
I all truth upon chat ono purpose
--thcn must you and will you be
2 eminent ln il. Tri 81 10 no chance
} for your success. Within your
selves God has created Il bed of
J orc rich as any which has yet seen
I the sun. Mine il up--smelt it
out, and forge for yourselves
ingots, rathcr tllan glitter ia the
mere tinscl Of goId-leef. True
! succcss must be wrought out.
, Each Of you has the elements
of true success in one department
ii another, and upon that foundaS
tion, with independence Of mind
4 and energy Of character, you may
renr q pyramid Of honor and dis
1 tiuction rear it, IL mar be silently
, and slowly--but surely, as the
D coral insect builds up from ocean
I deeps the beautiful islands Of the
t sea.
And this pyramid may be (who
!. knows?) more enduring than
a Corinthian temples or Gothic
i cathcdrals, lettcred obelislS, glow
Q ing canvass or breathing bronze.
r DO you not know that the cap
. abilities ofhuman naure are almost
c divine? Do you not rciIze yours
c self blnishcd goi9 DO you
not feel as you lift your eyes TO
+ the lofty heavens and survey their
. glorious tenantry sitting as cor
: onct Of diamonds upon the brow
!. Of night, that you are in sympathy
= with profound greatness, and that
S yon were made for deep thought
I and solemn musings.
: There is dignity and grandeur
4 in the pure aud generous impulses
D Of mans naturc-its lofty asplra-
d tions-its deep and profound pcpe-
T. trations, its sublime and thrilling
i emotions. When these are
Y brought into harmony with the
l. meatncss and grandeur Of the
i universe the soul expands, ascend
& ing with bolder flight to higher
Y regions Of thought and knowledge.
7, Where IN all this wide world is q
F; place man Or woman may not
r liIlY And why may not you be
Z the man or woman, aud be great
a IN filling it2 Search-scarch out
e that place. Rest not day nor
4 night until you have found it.
: Then, with the eyes of Argus and
the hands Of Briarcul gather into
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